Recent Updates
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Court dismisses credit-reporting antitrust claims
Daily Legal News 11/02/2010Two of the three U.S. credit- reporting companies, TransUnion LLC and Experian PLC, won a court bid to dismiss antitrust claims filed by credit-score provider Fair Isaac Corp. U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery in Minneapolis granted a motion July 24...
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Wis. court backs $5.6M fee award against Microsoft
Daily Legal News 11/02/2010An appeals court is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $5.6 million to a national law firm involved in a Wisconsin antitrust case against the software giant. Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Mason LLP represented consumers who bought Microsoft equipment in...
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U.S. court revives antitrust suit on music downloads
Daily Legal News 11/02/2010The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge erred in dismissing the complaint alleging violations of the federal Sherman Act in October 2008. Among the named defendants in the case are Bertelsmann AG, EMI Group, Sony...
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Mitsubishi files antitrust suit against GE
Daily Legal News 11/02/2010Mitsubishi filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday against General Electric Co., accusing the company of monopolizing part of the wind-turbine market and making "baseless" patent-infringement claims against Mitsubishi to gain a competitive edge. The suit...